Basketball analysts provide expert sports commentary and analysis for media outlets. Your responsibilities depend on the type of media in which you work. Television analysts scrutinize the coaches' and teams' strategies and evaluate the performance of basketball players before, during, and after a game. Radio analysts have similar job duties, but they do not have the visuals to accompany their commentary, so they must be more descriptive in their examinations of the game. Sports writers for newspapers, magazines, and online publications create essays or short pieces that highlight essential aspects of a particular game, the history of a team, or other basketball-related topics.